RPC IV.1, 5117 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5117 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝο ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνο(ς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription ΤοΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΙϹ
Edition τὸν κτίστην Νικαιεῖς
Translation the Nicaeans (honour) the founder
Reverse design nude Heracles (youthful) standing, right, strangling Nemean lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.36 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Rec 159, BMC 36
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 36, pl. XXXII.8 (rev.) Rec 159, pl. LXX.24 (rev.), obverse legend tooled ΑVΤ Κ ΑV(sic) ΑVΡΗΛΙοС ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοС СΕ, rev. legend with signs of tooling
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42129, worn, reverse legend obscure, under 'Heraclea in Bithynia'
3 3     Trade = F. Imhoof-Blumer, RSN 19 (1913), 14, no. 26, under 'Cius'
4 4     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 106, reverse legend perhaps with ΚΤΙСΤΗ only